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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1930
Page
3
Society editor notices submissions by mail or phone handled by Mrs. Isabelle P. Miller. The social reporter will accept items between 3 and 4 p m for the following day. Phone number not provided in readable text.
A distinguished party including the Marquis de Dampierre and Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation leaders toured Monticello and Ashlawn after visiting Jefferson’s grave. They saw UVA’s rotunda and the Salle Lafayette pavilion, then dined at the Farmington Country Club.
A promotional note encourages visiting a chiropodist before choosing Wilbur Coon Shoes. The shoes promise wide widths for bunions and a design that prevents corn recurrence with snug backs and roomy fronts. Extra sizes may be needed to fit bunion and arch, instep, and arch area.
Col. B. M. Roszel state commander of the American Legion will be the principal speaker at the dedication of the R. H. Wood Jr. memorial flying field in Charlottesville. Col. William Mitchell, formerly in command of the army air corps, will also speak.
Mr and Mrs Harry Frazier and Miss Lucy Dean of Stephens City travel to Washington DC for the Army School of Nursing graduation at Walter Reed Hospital with Miss Fairfax Frazier as honor graduate. Mrs Joseph McCormick and son Joseph Jr of Fort Sheridan arrive in Winchester to assist Mrs William Hollar recovering from a hip fracture.
London May 28 The Ramsay MacDonald Labor government won a vote against a Conservative effort to unsettle it by 270 to 241 The issue aimed to cut the salary of Lord Privy Seal J H Thomas to spark debate on unemployment The result followed two weeks of similar parliamentary divisions with Liberal abstentions influencing the outcome.
Washington May 29. The capital will mark Decoration Day with memorials at the tomb of the unknown soldier and other patriotic exercises. President Hoover will be away delivering an address at Gettysburg and then travel to Williamsport, Pa, before returning to Washington.
The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly adjourned in Ville after pushing to an early close. Delegates head home across 17 states as a committee is named to confer with other churches on union. Cadman and the Federal Council of Churches were denounced by leaders seeking withdrawal. Next assembly set for Hollister Missouri in 1931.
Floyd W. King of the Virginia Public Service Company said no action would be taken regarding W. D. Hoyt's assertion that the company promised Goshen Pass citizens things it could not deliver. Hoyt accused the firm of unsound economy stating $2,500,000 spent there could yield more power if used at the Bremo Bluff plant.
By virtue of a deed of trust dated February 4 1922 and recorded in Deed Book 148 page 369 the trustee will offer for sale at public auction in front of the County Court House Winchester Virginia at 11 o clock A M on Saturday June 7 1930 that tract of land containing 126 acres more or less with improvements on Parkins Mill and Buffalolick Road six miles southeast of Winchester adjoining the Dearmont place and previously conveyed to Andy J Sager and wife This property includes a house out buildings two wells and running water and 500 bearing apple trees 200 bearing pear trees Sale terms: one third cash day of sale and balance in two equal annual installments evidenced by two bonds with interest paid annually secured by deed of trust on the property and a policy of insurance on the Beas Kern trustee Dunn and Duvall Auctioneers
Hard etched wedding invitations offered in imitation styles at five dollars per hundred and visiting cards at one dollar each. Samples available by writing for the Philadelphia company located at 1042 Chestnut Street.
May 28 Elkton report notes Eastside Highway Association pushes funding to complete a second Shenandoah Valley road, linking Harper`s Ferry Gap at Harpers Ferry with Balcony Falls James River Gap. Buena Vista joins. delegates from Grottoes Warnesboro Luray Stanley Rileyville attend.
President Hoover asked Congress to appropriate six thousand five hundred sixty dollars for congressional medals of honor to be awarded Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and members of his Antarctic expedition The medals were authorized under an act signed by the President on May 23.
Parochial school children from across the archdiocese gathered in Baltimore for an Ascension pageant and military mass. The event, under the Catholic Students' Crusade, drew about 25 000 spectators with 20 000 children participating in the pageant.
Berryville Virginia May 29 Mrs Pavel Stranska of Prague plans to stay in the United States until August then sail to Berlin to join her husband in the legation. Local gatherings include bridge tea hosted by Mrs Whiting for her niece and arrivals such as Capt Joan Baldwin Neill Jr en route to Berryville to visit his mother. Other entertainments feature tea for Mrs James M Thomson of New Orleans, a Norwood Inn dinner for Mrs Wray’s father Gilkerson of Parkersburg, and visits by Miss Rose MacDonald the first woman on Virginia State Board of Education, plus trips abroad for several residents including Mrs Henry S Ely and Mrs Ick to France and England. The county convention of the Order of King’s Daughters and Sons will be held June 20 in Grace Episcopal Church with Goodwill Circle as hostess. social guests include the Matthews family from MKBykwood Missouri and Norfolk visitors.
Berryville Chamber of Commerce officers were reelected at a May meeting held at Capt. Frank M. Wray's office. President Capt. Wray, Vice President Bradford, and Secretary-Treasurer Dorsey kept their posts, with Harris Thomas Williams joining the executive committee along with two new members. The treasurer reported $118.36 on hand and 37 members over the past two years.
Millwood society notes recount Mr. and Mrs. William H. Farrar of Pitts burgh visiting at Minturn Clarke county and returning in June. Hostess Miss Mary O Fallon of St. Louis attends tea hosted by Mrs. Percy Charington Randolph with many Millwood socialites in attendance. A closing remark notes a cow pasture used as a golf course in normal times.
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